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Q My four-year-old Nissan Primera has a reversing camera, which I find useful for parking. I thought by the time I came to replace it, every new car would have one, but this is not the case. Do you know any good-sized cars that do? - RE from Newcastle upon Tyne

A There are two reasons why parking cameras have tended to be less common than sensors, which beep when you get too close to the car behind. They require a screen on the dashboard, which can be a cost and design problem, and they require a rear camera with a clean lens to capture a good image, and owners often don't keep lenses clean.

With the rise of sat nav the first problem has largely disappeared, because parking cameras can use the same screen. New family cars with cameras include the Honda Accord, the Toyota Avensis and Prius, and the